Daily Republican., 1887-02-09
FOURTH EDITION
Ths rriaa Of Elliott for Murder.

oe0ulnRo d ~ O'CLOCK THIS morn ing. On,
there was . fair attendance Of specta
tors. The grant jury answered to thei
names and retired to their room, sfte
which Deputy Attorney General Bigg
said that he was ready to proceed viii
the case Of Robert Elliott, indicted TO
the murder Of Patrick II. Coyle on %
tober l, 1886 The names Of the juror
summoned for the Court In Oyer and
Terminsr and also the names Of tn,
Witnesses In the case were called, ant
nearly all answered.
At 10 20 o'clock Elliott was Trough
In court swinging on his crutches. AND
after being placed In the dock was ar
rsiened on an Indictment charging hin
with murder In the first degree b.
striking Patrick Fl. Coyle. on tn'
night OF October 1at, on the head will
one OF his crulches, from the effects o
which be died on Octoter 13th.
When Clerk Cochran finished readirE
the long Indictment with it, many
legal phrest 8, Elliott aus wered the usua
question, HI " say you, Robert Eiii0t,
are you guilty ~ in man ner ana form
Indicted, CT not euitty?" in q oleal
tone Of voice, "Not guilty" "Hon
will you be tried?" inquired the clerk
/
God and my country"
The State Is represented by Attorney
General Psynier and Deputy A,torne 5
General BigRs, white the prisoner Il
defended by II. @. Turner ard Wslter
Bacon, Esqs. The drawing OF the Jury
WAS then proceeded with, with the 70 !.
loving result: Challenged by the dee
fuse, Robert RsnKin, Joseph Barker,
James NJ. Hammond, Johu III. Beruett
Lewis ID. Hushabeck, Jacob Eos err,
+ I'm ind 8. Oatts. Thomas W. Marcy,
James 81. Mote, Elihu ID Talley, Harry
Lee, George Springer, William I. Col
Inns, Ephraim B King, Mack lem Eat.
burn, tfeorge @ Watson. Erhraim Bee
son, CiareLce O. Jones and Washington
Baror.
The following had conscientious
scruples sgainst capital puuishm men. and
wore excused. James W. Murray,
ADaniaB Ennis, I.rasl Pfitcbett, h obeI !
Robbins ard Samuel @. Thomas.
The State challenged John Kama and
Anton Huber, aad tho jury Ms inaily
drawn IL as follows: John q. PLiiltps,
Joseph i. Deakyne, George ID. Hill
Duval Gibbs, Joseph Van Pelt, Epos
Rambo William B. Rayoold, Eiwaro
Conner, JOAN r. Lyman, Jacob NJ.
Way, William 8. Collins aud James y.
Moore.
Immediately after the jury wss
drawn the indictment was rean, after
which the case was opened by Deputy
Attorney General Biags. who defined
the Different degrees OF murder 70 the
jury, after which he proceeded to state
the facts OF the case as follows: Patrick
II. Coyle lived in Rhode Island, ard on
account q some domestic trouble left
bis home AID came 10 this Stale TO
pick peaches.
The fret day OF Oot Sc. lie cams to this
city with about $25 iu hle pockst. ano
that night Was seen as The Atlantic
Garden and several other paces. in
company Of Mathew Med. aouRh and
the prisoner at the bar. TIE next morn.
lag Coyle was found in oosl ya,d.
ly ing on HIS face. A. The elaployees
thought be WAS drunk, q police Cffc.r
was tslephoned for and he was reno cd
10 the hall, where 1t was fonud Lust +,
was suffering with o wound on his
b lad.
He was taken to the almshouse In an
unconscious condition, and remained
30 up I'll just previous to his death on
October Is. when he recovered con.
sciousness and said that be had en-
struck on the head with o crutch In the
lands OF q lane man, and from the de
s,ription given Elliott was arrested and
TAKEN before him, when ne identified
m as the maa who had inflicted the
Injuries. MattheR McDonoueh was also
o rested, but as the deceased stated that
no had not strucG l. m he was he d by
the coroner's jury. tn; after wards al.
mitted to bail.
Toe examination OF Witnesses was
then commenced, and Flank Il Cars.
well was sworn. He identified anG ex-
planned to the jury q chart OF the
Atlantic Garden, and other plac 8 sup-
posed to have BEEN visited by the
prisoner and The deceased.
William II. I.egg was sworn, and
teetised that he ID The proprietor OF the
Atlantic Garden On King street "A ooye
second. de saw the prisoner and two
Other men, whom he i'd not know, in
his place on ths night Of October Ist
lie had c}nvt rsati IN with Elliott,
VINO told him that he was attending q
railroad crossing Ia this city, and the
witness remarked that he had a good
job. which he could hold oil his life IL
no behaved himself. Elliott and the
two men LETT bic place about 10 O'Clock,
sAu No uid not zee any mere of them.
Thomas Ryan was sworn, and testi.
ned that he is employed as a waiter at
MI. Le2e's Atlantic Garden, and Is &C.
qulinted with Robsrt Elliott.
he saw Elliott at The garden n the
evening OF October Ii he was certain
tnat was the time, as II was the evening
OF the ooy that Sullivan WIS In town,
n n n
wines did not know were with Elliott,
Patrick Hasgerty testified that he WAS
employed Ia morocco factory until
tue istter enc OF September, when he
commenced to build large Goa. bin on
kents old wharf on the Christiapa. be.
tween Orange and Shipley streets On
the motLing OF October Q. he went 10
the yard about 6 80 o'clock and found a
man lying on lis f9ce.
He thought the man wcs drunk, bnt
be raised him up and put him one side
out OF the way, VIXEN he asked The
winners to rub bia reck. He tod him
to Tub 1t himself AID went on 20 lis
work, Tut after 8ards went back to
MN, end upon finding that he was
shaking as though he had a chill,
moved him over sgninst the stable
where the sun would shine on him.
In moving him ths witnes, discover
cd email. wound o. his head, which
,oked ss though il had been made with
sharp instrument, az the hair WAS cut
comp ttely oft. Ths witness tn sn tele-
phoned to the police stat on, and Offic r
ri anna came down. When The officer
arrived, the nan who seemed partially
uncoL scious, kept muttering som ething
about money" money" and tho
OH Ger searched his pockets but only
found ~ He WRs afterwards taken to
the bali IN carriage. TIE witness
learned from tho uo@spapaIs that the